TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION WITH INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION FOR NONOBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA: TESTICULAR HISTOLOGY CAN PREDICT SUCCESS OF SPERM RETRIEVAL
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 161 (1), 112-116
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(01)62079-2
Abstract
Purpose: We present treatment results of testicular sperm extraction with intracytoplasmic sperm injection for men with nonobstructive azoospermia and reevaluate the role of testicular histology on open diagnostic testicular biopsy as a predictor of sperm retrieval success. Materials and Methods: We evaluated 75 men diagnosed with nonobstructive azoospermia. Cases were categorized into 3 groups of hypospermatogenesis, maturation arrest or Sertoli-cell-only based on the most advanced pattern of spermatogenesis seen on histology. A total of 81 testicular sperm extractions with intracytoplasmic sperm injection were performed for these 75 men. The main outcome measures reviewed included sperm retrieval, fertilization and pregnancy rates with intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Sperm retrieval success rates for men in the 3 histological categories were compared. Results: Spermatozoa were successfully retrieved during 47 of 81 (58%) testicular sperm extraction attempts, with subsequent fertilization of 268 of 439 (61%) injected metaphase II oocytes using intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Clinical pregnancies were obtained in 26 of 47 (55%) cycles when sperm were retrieved, with ongoing pregnancies or live deliveries for 20 of 47 (43%). Of 39 men with hypospermatogenesis on diagnostic biopsy 31 (79%) had successful sperm retrieval, compared to 9 of 19 (47%) with maturation arrest and 5 of 21 (24%) with a pure Sertoli-cell-only pattern. Conclusions: Critical examination of the most advanced pattern of spermatogenesis from open diagnostic testis biopsy allows prediction of sperm retrieval success with testicular sperm extraction. In this study population spermatozoa were retrieved in 58% of attempts. When this testicular sperm was used with intracytoplasmic sperm injection, clinical pregnancy rate was 55% for men with nonobstructive azoospermia.Keywords
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